#172 - The Free Work Formula: How Freelancing for Free Can Jumpstart Your Dev Career

Don't hate mail me just yet. “Free” work as a developer can feel like a controversial topic, but it could be the key to jump-starting your career. I’ll walk you through strategies for gaining credibility, building a portfolio, and turning your free work into a launchpad for your development career. You will learn how to: -Discover valuable projects, not junk work - Position yourself as a developer while still learning -Leverage open-source and freelance work for career growth And don’t worry, this isn’t about working for free forever—just smartly leveraging it as a stepping stone. Check out my buddy William Ray who has some really good advice about freelancing as a developer.Send us a textShameless Plugs Free 5 day email course to go from HTML to AI Got a question you want answered on the pod? Drop it here Apply for 1 of 12 spots at Parsity - Learn to build complex software, work with LLMs and launch your career. AI Bootcamp (NEW) - for software developers who want to be the expert on their team when it comes to integrating AI into web applications.

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